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June 30, 2008

It came from the Blogosphere...

Gowanus Lounge, Ward Bakery Destructoporn, Black Chair Edition

We offer this photo that was dropped into our GL Photo Pool by Tracy Collins for the absurdity of the black chair sitting there in the rubble. Mr. Collins’ body of work is a must for anyone interested in the neighborhood where the big project may rise.

The Footprint Gazette, This just in...

"Ratner is..."

Two graffiti can't be wrong.

Krispy Kruller's All Nite Sugar Palace, Brooklyn Represent!

The controversial Atlantic Yards project is beginning to stick to Jay-Z, who is a minority owner of the NJ Nets.

Now, I'm not a big fan of Jay-Z. I don't like his music; I don't like his role in the Atlantic Yards project, but you gotta admit, this is pretty funny. One of the Gallagher twins from Oasis didn't want Jay-Z playing at Glastonbury, because it's traditionally a rock concert, it's no place for rappers, etc.

So what does Jay-Z do?

WARNING: Like Atlantic Yards, it's not pretty. Unless you're tone deaf, you may want to skip this link.

uacash.com, США: жить в центре города уже не модно

В связи с этим, в 2008 году в центрах некоторых крупных американских городов были приостановлены масштабные проекты, например, проект Brooklyn Atlantic Yards стоимостью в 4 млрд долларов, который включал в себя постройку стадиона для New Jersey Nets и квартир общей площадью 750 тыс. кв. м.

Roughly translated:

In connection with this, in the centers of some large American cities were in 2008 stopped scale projects, for example, the project Of brooklyn Of atlantic Of yards by cost in 4 billion dollars, which included building stadium for New Of jersey Of nets and apartments with the total area of 750 thousand sq. m.

Posted by lumi at June 30, 2008 3:50 AM